Blueshirts are better on the brink

The Rangers staved off elimination and showed that desperation suits them best

NEW YORK -- Maybe at this point, the New York Rangers should just face it: Desperation suits them more than being front-runners. That has been the thread running through their wholly unpredicted postseason run to this point, through their cliffhanger, seven-game opening series against Philadelphia, their Martin St. Louis-inspired comeback from a 1-3 hole against Pittsburgh, and their dismissal of Montreal.

Then they couldn't beat this Los Angeles Kings team that swarmed into Madison Square ...